Talk:Patricia Anderson

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History of name use

There seems to be a great deal of confusion about Pat's change of names over the years.

She was born as "Patricia Elizabeth Anderson." She always went by "Pat" or Patti."

After she married Michael Awada, she changed her name to "Patricia Elizabeth Awada." During every single one of her campaigns for local office in Eagan, MN, she listed her name as "Pat Awada." Legal documents from this time also show her legal name as "Patricia Elizabeth Awada." I can't source them here because the documents aren't available online, but they are available from the Dakota County district court.

When she made the decision to campaign for State Auditor the first time, she began to re-introduce her maiden name. Thus the "Patricia Anderson Awada" moniker. This is the name with which most non-Eaganites are most familiar, since they never heard of her before she ran for statewide office. There are various theories as to why she decided to use her maiden name in her campaign. I don't care to speculate on them, but suffice it to say that that she did not start using "Anderson" in public until after she announced her bid for State Auditor. Anyone who cares enough to check can look up old Eagan newspapers (Sun Current and ThisWeek) and see that the evolution of her name matches the timeline outlined above.

Finally, after her divorce from Mr. Awada, which took place after she won her campaign for State Auditor, she changed her name back to her original maiden name, "Patricia Elizabeth Anderson."

This information is included here rather than in the main article because it is admittedly peripheral. However, it may be of use to some people who are puzzled over the disconnect between contemporary sources and sources from her early political career in Eagan. If you are looking for stuff from the early days, Google "Pat Awada," and not "Pat Anderson Awada" or "Pat Anderson." Including the "Anderson" will throw off the search results and you won't get as much of the early stuff. Cheers!

24.118.231.156 01:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy?

In reference to the following statement contained in the article,

"In 2001, while serving as mayor of Eagan, Anderson was criticized for allegedly racist comments made in an interview with Minneapolis/St. Paul newsweekly City Pages. Anderson was quoted as saying "This is where all of our crime is[...]It’s mostly African Americans fighting with African immigrants. It’s everything–drugs, assaults, knife fights. We had to have a police presence here." [1]"

I read the article referenced, and although I find the quote, I don't see any discussion in this article about her statement as being either racist, nor was there any criticism offered about her statement in the article. I'm not convinced her statement is necessarily racist, rather than a statement of fact. Although, one may argue that her claim that she wants to get rid of "density" is really a ploy to get rid of low income housing, and thus primarily the nonwhite population that resides in them, that would be original research.

--68.46.183.96 (talk) 22:32, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]